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Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately destroyed by infighting and dissonance. This oral history includes photographs, discographies, and a complete national perspective on the genre.

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Presents a history of American hardcore music, looking at such groups as Black Flag, the Misfits, and the Beastie Boys.

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A brief history of the world's angriest music.

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A former record label owner and radio DJ offers the first history of hardcore, a musical response to the angst of punk and new wave. Photos & illustrations.

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Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately destroyed by infighting and dissonance. This oral history includes photographs, discographies, and a complete national perspective on the genre.

About the Author

Steven Blush promoted Hardcore shows in Washington, DC throughout the early 80s. In 1986 he founded Seconds Magazine, publishing it until 2000. His writing appeared in Spin, Interview, Village Voice, Details and High Times. He currently lives in Manhattan, serves as senior editor at Paper, and throws the weekly party R&ouml;ck C&auml;ndy. He is the author of AMERICAN HARDCORE: A Tribal History.

What Our Readers Are Saying

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seeingred, March 6, 2007 (view all comments by seeingred)
For someone as young as me, who wasn't alive during the hardcore scene, this book comes in handy with good information. Steven Blush and others explain the hardcore scene in their own perspective. The entire book is made of interviews from people that were participants in the hardcore scene in the 80's. It includes people like Henry Rollins, Ian Mackaye, Vic Bondi, etc. In the beginning of the book the author and others sum up the roots of hardcore. Later on when they get started on HC (hardcore) they talk about things like straight-edge, Washington D.C., and others, where it gets really interesting to read. You don't have to know anything about HC to read this either but it's pointless if you don't.
You can tell Steven Blush didn't want to be biased about the subjects so he tries to put everybody's opinion about everything which basically evens it out by being factual rather than biased. The many pictures including the cover I think are very necessary for the book and display the proper attitude and energy of the HC scene. This book was very easy to understand and even fun to read. I do not recommend this book for very young readers; there are images that can be inappropriate for some. For other mature readers I definitely recommend this book to you, and please...don't judge this book by its bloody cover, it's a great book.

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"Synopsis"
by Gardners,
Presents a history of American hardcore music, looking at such groups as Black Flag, the Misfits, and the Beastie Boys.

"Synopsis"
by Firebrand,

A brief history of the world's angriest music.

"Synopsis"
by Libri,
A former record label owner and radio DJ offers the first history of hardcore, a musical response to the angst of punk and new wave. Photos & illustrations.

"Synopsis"
by Consortium,
Hardcore punk was an underground tribal movement created with anger and passion but ultimately destroyed by infighting and dissonance. This oral history includes photographs, discographies, and a complete national perspective on the genre.

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